LUNT is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. LUNT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LUNT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LUNT is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LUNT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LUNT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LUNT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What does LUNT mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotshistorical
A slow-burning length of cord, formerly used to fire a gun or cannon, or the puff of smoke it produced.
Before modern firing mechanisms, gunners kept a lunt smouldering so that it could be touched to the charge at the right moment. The same Scots word could also describe simply a wisp of smoke rising from a pipe or fire.
How LUNT is used
Historical and dialectal; met mainly in accounts of early artillery or older Scots writing.
- The gunner held the lunt ready beside the cannon.
- Smoke from the lunt drifted across the battlements.
- He lit his pipe from the glowing lunt.
- Without a dry lunt the old gun could not be fired.
- A thin lunt of smoke rose from the chimney.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LUNT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LUNT
3 longer words begin with LUNT.
Words ending in LUNT
1 words end in LUNT. Useful as a back hook: play LUNT onto a word already on the board.
Words with LUNT inside
Showing 24 of 43 words that contain LUNT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LUNT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LUNT
Common questions about LUNT
- Is LUNT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LUNT, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LUNT worth?
- LUNT is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LUNT mean?
- A slow-burning length of cord, formerly used to fire a gun or cannon, or the puff of smoke it produced.
- What letters can be added to LUNT?
- LUNT takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LUNT:
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